Man ordered to stop abusing his wife

A Harare man who absconded court after signing summons acknowledging he would appear before it has been ordered in absentia to stop abusing his wife in any way.

The ruling was granted by Harare Civil Court magistrate Mrs Ruth Kamangira after Andrew Nyakabau failed to come to court. His wife, Ennia Mutambirwa, who was seeking a protection order, told the court that Nyakabau physically and verbally abused her and threatened to kill her.

"He assaults me and rebukes me using obscene language and starves me of my conjugal rights. I am afraid of going home because he might kill me as he has made several threats to eliminate me," Mutambirwa said.

She also told the court that Nyakabau was not buying food for the family. Nyakabau was not present to answer to the allegations although he had signed court papers admitting he was aware of the court case. Mrs Kamangira delivered a default judgment ordering Nyakabau from abusing his wife.